• December 14, 2010: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that the nation's egg producers voted against a proposed increase in the mandatory assessment paid to the American Egg Board. The referendum was conducted Oct. 29 to Nov. 19, 2010 [News Release AMS No.

• January 14, 2005: Federal Register Exempting Organic Producers From Assessments by Research and Promotion Programs – to amend all 17 commodity research and promotion orders and/or rules and regulations to exempt any person receiving and handling solely 100 percent organic products from paying assessments to any research and promotion program administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).

In 2021, the AMS Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program, Acer Access and Development Program, and Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives, have updated their performance measures. AMS’s performance measures for its grant programs focus on:

Docket Number: AMS-SC-19-0082
Effective Date: April 28, 2021

Summary

Docket Number: AMS–SC–20–0093
Comments Due: May 10, 2021

Summary

This proposed rule would implement a recommendation from the California Desert Grape Administrative Committee (Committee) to increase the assessment rate established for the 2021 and subsequent fiscal periods. The proposed assessment rate would remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.

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